i think they must be dumb the telegraph for tipping cas to finshe 12 here the link www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyl ... guide.html what you think of this

i think they must be dumb the telegraph for tipping cas to finshe 12 here the link www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyl ... guide.html what you think of this

The media do this every year. We're not a team of big name players so we will always be projected to finish around the bottom end.

Doesn't make them right, though. I'm sure we'll enjoy proving them wrong.

We were predicted 12th last year and only just finished outside the top 8. Bradford over rated as always, and Wakefield to finish above us! Bill Hill have lost the plot.

Quote ="mcmickeycas"i think they must be dumb the telegraph for tipping cas to finshe 12 here the link www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyl ... guide.html what you think of this'" We got predicted 12th or similar by most pundits for the last 3 seasons and have exceeded it every time, even with our worse than average injury problems.

Quote ="mcmickeycas"i think they must be dumb the telegraph for tipping cas to finshe 12 here the link www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyl ... guide.html what you think of this'" We got predicted 12th or similar by most pundits for the last 3 seasons and have exceeded it every time, even with our worse than average injury problems.

They have london as a decent finish they must have been smoking something when they did this?

London have signed some big names but I think they are overrating them.

I see it as top 6 being Warrington, Saints, Wigan, Leeds in whatever order, with Catalans and Hudds probably 5th/6th, but possibly one could sneak into the top 4

Then a fight for the final two playoff spots between Castleford, the two Hull clubs and Bradford

Wakefield, London, Salford and Widnes will be the bottom four.

So Cas anything from 7th-10th for me.

Agreed. We may have a lean spell in March/April but at the end of the season we will be there or there abouts.

They will base it on our form in the second half of the season and our drop in form and believe we have no depth.

Can't see us finishing 12th.

Why would expecting Wakey to finish above Cas be such a crazy opinion?

Widnes will be higher than 14th I predict 10th.

As much as i would like widnes to do well i cant see them getting upto 10th, if they are 12th at the end of the year they should be pleased with that. I can see widnes finishing above salford and maybe london if witt doesnt get his visa sorted. They will have done well to get above bradford and wakey imho.

your coach will be your downfall i will guarantee he doesnt last the season

Since you are so confident, guarantee it by giving the mods £100 which you can get back if he doesnt last the season, if he does it can go to charity.

I think the 'finished 12' they refer to might be the number they say when asked how the fingers count went on one of your fans

Millward will be your downfall !

A common misconception from leeds fans that we have 12 fingers, we actually have 40 on each hand but no one from leeds can count that far

I can't wait for the next away trip to Casvegas . 40 digits on each hand I have yet to see . The market for mittens over your way must be better than the one for gloves . I would imagine there would be a very heavy wool usage in an area where people needed such vast amounts of it to keep their hands warm .

ts why we are all good cricket players, with our baseball style mitts.

No he won't.

Most of the media/pundits are influenced by the ins and outs at this stage and many know sod all about emerging home-grown players, especially those at the so-called smaller clubs. Therefore I wouldn't expect us to be fancied.
That said the also-ran league looks to me the most unpredictable for some time and I wouldn't put money on the final positions of Cas, Salford, Wakey, Widnes Bradford and London. In fact if Wakey and Bradford can put out their best 17 most weeks I suspect they could significantly exceed the modest expectations of them. I think our squad lacks balance with a shortfall of outside backs, the well documented prop situation and not much in the way of pivot cover should (god forbid) either Chase or Orr be unavailable.
After our last 3 seasons 8th should still be do-able, 12th would be disappointing but I'm beginning to accept the distinct possibility of 10th/11th.

League Express today has you down for 8th, HUll KR 9th, Bradford 10th, London 11th, Salford 12th, Wakey 13th and Widnes 14th.


I think difficult to predict but would say Cas, Hull KR, Bradford and Wakey will be looking for 8th-11th. London, Salford, Widnes to be bottom 3.

think london will be 8th-10th and i reckon us will be 7th-9th,hopefully higher



until we actually see the teams play we won't have an idea really

Dave Woods has us down to finish 8th in his BBC preview [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/16786972.stmhere.[/url

If we avoid major injury setbacks to frontline players, we could very well make the playoffs, but, like many other posters have said, there will be a fair old tussle with Bradford, Hull FC, Hull KR, Wakey and probably London for the lower playoff places. So much depends on squad fitness that it's almost impossible to predict that section of the table. I'll be happy with improved performances and fitness and finish 9th again, but we really need to be pushing up the table given the off field improvements to the training regime, etc, so I'd like to think we'd grab 8th and give it a good go in the challenge cup.

Can understand why pundits have predicted a lowly finish from Cas. We've hardly recruited anyone of note whereas 3 of the teams that finished below us last year - Wakey, Bradford & London - have made significant changes.

Of course no-one quite knows when a club makes substantial changes to their playing roster whether that's going to have a positive effect or not in the long run. Which is a why a couple of the more recent previews - Rugby League express & Dave Woods (BBC) - have us in a higher position (8th) than those clubs who have made the big changes.

Most people seem to have a pretty similar view of how the league will go this season. For what it's worth here's mine:

1 - 4: Saints, Warrington, Leeds & Wigan. Not necessarily in that order

5 - 7: Catalans, Hull & Huddersfield.

8 - 12: Hull KR, Cas, Bradford, Wakey, London. In more or less any order.

13 - 14: Salford & Widnes.

There could be some cross-over between groups. Catalans could break into the top 4, with Wigan being most at risk of missing out and with luck with injuries any one of the 3rd tier could sneak into the 5 - 7 places.

The good thing everyone predicting Widnes bottom must be an incentive to the players and staff.Look at Norwich at football and everyone predicted them to be bottom.If Widnes play like they did against Saints then be a few shocks on the cards.No pressure so I think some of you will be stunned.